Savvy Squash reveals John White’s latest attempt to hide and under serve Special Education students and manipulate the Accountability system in defiance of federal ESEA waiver
Posted on January 15, 2014
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Savvy Squash is back with a brand new Accountability invention. (Courtesy of John White.)
My comments are in green and encapsulated in [braces]. [CCF]
Crazy Crawfish has reported twice on LDOE’s insistence on circumventing accountability for special education students (Bobby Jindal and John White Decide to Experiment on Special Education Students & Louisiana Believes – SPED students should be reclassified before test time to optimize test scores). Well LDOE is at it again and this time with a little help from the legislature, via Acts 151 and 291.
On November 19, 2013 LDOE’s News Letter to school districts including the following piece of information:
Policy
Update on Implementation of Act 151 and Act 291 of 2013 Legislative Session
Acts 151 and 291 of the 2013 Legislative Session addressed the testing of high school students with disabilities whose Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) state that they will not pursue a high school diploma. The laws stipulate that such students shall not be administered a state standardized test unless the IEP team indicates that the assessment is appropriate for the student. This is not a change from current policy or practice; IEP